哲學與歷史學存在互補共生的關系。哲學理論的歷史感揭示了哲學靠近歷史學的方式,歷史敘述的哲學性則揭示了歷史學靠近哲學的特點。歷史在哲學理論中的作用主要表現為:歷史是人的存在方式和根本特征;歷史是哲學研究的邏輯起點;歷史性是哲學看待事物的基本方式;歷史是哲學的服務目標。哲學在歷史學研究中的作用主要表現為:超越偶然的普遍史;超越局部的全球史;歷史研究方法的系統總結;作為理論框架和宏觀指導的歷史觀;導向哲學是歷史研究的最高境界。哲學與歷史學相統一的方法論原則是邏輯與歷史相統一的原則,在這一點上,馬克思與黑格爾不同,馬克思強調在現實生活世界的基礎上通過實踐實現二者的統一。

Philosophy and history are complementary and symbiotic. The historical sense of philosophy reveals the way that philosophy approaches history,while the philosophical nature of history shows the characteristics of history’s approach to philosophy. History serves a variety of functions in philosophy: it is the mode and fundamental characteristic of human existence,the logical starting point of philosophical research,the basic mode in which philosophy looks at things,and the ultimate objective of philosophy in terms of providing a service to society. Meanwhile,philosophy also serves a variety of functions in history: it transcends the accidental in pursuit of universal history,and the local to pursue global history; systematically summarizes the methods of historical research; and treats the historical view as a theoretical framework and macro-level guide.The unity of philosophy and history is based on the principle of the unity of logic and history,and Marx realizes the unity of the two through real-world practice.